> -----Original Message----- > From: Lorenzo Marcon [mailto:lorenzo.marcon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:47 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Apache accessible only from localhost > on Windows XP > > Good morning, > I have installed Apache 2.2.3 and php5 on Windows XP Professional SP2. > My problem is that the webserver seems to work only if it's > being accessed > from the same machine it is installed on. > If I try http://localhost from my browser all seems to work > perfectly, php > pages included. > The other way round, I am nearly completely unable to access > the webserver > from any other PC of the same LAN in which the server is. If I digit > http://41.10.215.60 (that's my server ip), the connection times out. > > It's not the first time that I install a webserver, so, > hoping to resolve > the problem, I tried the following operations: > - Granted all permissions to Apache on my personal firewall > ---> No result > - Completely disabled the personal firewall (Windows firewall > is disabled > too, I checked.) ---> No result > - Tried a ping to the webserver address ---> It works > - Tried a telnet to the webserver address ---> Connection times out A timeout suggests FW. I know you checked this.... but check the FW logs for dropped connections. > - Tried to change listening port of Apache ---> Behaviour > didn't change I assume you *do* have something like "Listen 80"? BTW, I hope you don't have "Listen 127.0.0.1" - once you list even one address in a Listen, that is the *only* address that gets listened to and all others are ignored. Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > Note that on the machine running the webserver I have a dual > boot system. So > I tried to install Apache on the linux: the result is a > perfectly working > server machine. No problems of accessibility, even from the LAN. > That makes me exclude network problems (according to this, > note that the > ping was successful). Problem is only related on running the > server on > Windows XP. > > This is not all. I have to say, that *sometimes* I'm > successful in getting a > *single* page from Apache on Windows. This happens when I'm > not accessing > the server since a long time. But after the first successful > connection, > server cease to work again. > To show you the behaviour I'm talking about, I'll post the > output of a > telnet connection attempt to Apache. You'll see a first successful > connection attempt, immediately followed by another identical > connection > attempt, this time being rejected: > > --------------------- > telnet 41.10.215.60 80 > Trying 41.10.215.60... > Connected to 41.10.215.60. > Escape character is '^]'. > GET / > <html><body><h1>It works!</h1></body></html>Connection closed > by foreign > host. > > telnet 41.10.215.60 80 > Trying 41.10.215.60... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out > --------------------- > > I do not have success in connecting again after the first > attempt. The only > way I have to gain access again is to wait some time, or to > reboot the > machine. > I'm experiencing exactly the same problem with a small test > client/server > application written by myself. That makes me exclude that the > problem is in > Apache. > > Thank you in advance for your help. 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